Clothesline bracket



Patented Get 30, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICME."JV

I RALPH wnnnnnuen, or NEW'YOBK,

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f p Application filed June 21,1922. Serial-No. 569,820.

Clothesline Bracket, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to clothesline brackets and particularly to an improved bracket which may be swung to several different positions.

The object of the invention is to provide a clothesline bracket to ordinarily be swung through a window when in use and then exteriorly of a window, the construction being extremely simple but strong.

Another object in view is to provide a bracket which is made principally out of ordinarypipes and which is associated with certain supporting bracket members to make a a simple, inexpensive and easily operated construction. H 1

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a window with a bracket embodying the in 80 Figure 2 is a top vention shown applied thereto, certain parts being broken away for better illustrating the construction.

shown in Figure '1.

Figure 3 is a view looking at. the bracket shown in Figure 1 from the outside of the window. I

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 11 indicates an ordinary window frame designed to receive the fixtures 12 and 13, fixture 12 having a shoulder 14 from which a stub shaft 15 extends and also from which a hook 16 extends. The fixture 13 is provided with a shoulder 17, a stub shaft 18 and a pair of upstanding arms 19 through which the pivotal pin 20 extends, said pivotal pin accommodating a pulley wheel 21 over which the upper run 22 of the clothesline passes. The shoulder 17 is provided with three apertures for the retaining pin 23, said apertures being arranged at each end of the shoulder 17 and centrally thereof so that the pin may look the arm 24 in the position shown in Figure 1, in a diametrically opposite position or in a position at right angles as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2.

The arm 24 is preferably made from an ordinary tube of any kind and is formed plan view of the bracket shafts 15 and 18 The arm 24 at theouter end is provided with a slot'27 in which the pulley wheel 28 is mounted, said pulley wheel being connected to the arm 24 by a pintle 29. A cap '30 is threaded over the ends of the arm 24 so as to provide a simple and nice appearing structure.

When the device is being used, or rather when clothes are being secured to the clothesline, the parts are in the position shown in Figure 1 and the clothes are pinned or secured in any desired manner to the lower rung 31 and said lower rung is gradually forced outwardly with the clothes. When the line has been filled or the desired number of articles placed thereon, the lower rung 31 is positioned in the hook 16 and pin 23 withdrawn. The arm 24 is then moved outi with an aperture25 for receiving thepin I i 23, said arm being screwed into a T- fitting 26 which T fitting looselyfits over'the stub 1 wardly to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 2 and the pin 23 inserted in the central aperture 32 and caused to also project through the aperture 25. The window may then be closed if desired and all of the parts of the bracket are positioned exteriorly. a

In case it should be desired to clean the window from the outside, pin 23 is With drawn and the arm 24 moved from the position shown in Figure 1 180 and the pin again insertedin the outer aperture 32 and the arm 24 may be swun in any of the three positions indicated in Figure 2 without in any way disturbing the clothes on the line.

By reason of the rod 33, the line may be brought under tension by pulling on the outer end of the arm 24 and may be maintained under tension by tighteningthe wing nut 34. It will be noted that the rod 33 is riveted to one section of the arm 24 so that this sliding movement may readily take place.

What I claim is 1. In a clothesline bracket of the character described, an arm formed of tubing provided Wlth an aperture near'one end and a slot near the opposite end, a pulley rotatably mounted in said slot adapted to support a clothesline, a hollow T-fitting secured to the end of said arm provided with the aperture,

a pair of fittings adapted to be secured to a window frame formed with projections extending into the T-fitting and acting as supporting shafts therefor, and a pin carried 1 f byoneof said fittings adaptedto project other- 0f said fittings is. formed with a stub shaft, a shoulder and a pair of spaced arms, a olothesline supporting pulley arranged be tween said spaced arms, a pin carriedby said last namedshoulde r' for locking said arm against movement, and a pulley carried by said arm .for supporting .said 'clotheisline said hook being adapted to receive the lower run of said "clothesline when the arm is swung to an Outer position;

'3. A olothesline bracket of the character described, comprising an arm having a 'T-- shaped end and an aperture near said end,

a pair of fixtures adapted to be secured to a window frame formed with stud shafts projeotingtherefrom into said T-shaped end" whereby said armis rotatably supported, a pin carried by one of said fixtures engageable with said arm in said aperture for locking the arm against movement, a pulley carried by said arm for receiving a clotheslin'e, a' pulley Wheel. carried by the upper fixture for guiding the upper run of the clothesline, and a hook carried by the lower fixturefor holding the lower: run of the clothesline in position. r V t RALPH WARDHAUGH. 

